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But in the $150,000 NYRA Bets Pegasus Stakes on June 15, Sea Streak tried to grab the lead from the outside post and got hung five-wide, eventually finishing fifth, 12 lengths behind Haskell ...
The Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes was positioned as the second leg of the new three race series with the first running on 21 July 2019 over a distance of 1 + 3 ⁄ 16 miles with an impressive purse of US$1 million. In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, NYRA cut the purse to $500,000 meeting. [6]
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The Saratoga Dew Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at the end of August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Restricted to New York bred fillies and Mares , age three or older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one and one eight miles (9 furlongs ).
In November 2018, the NYRA and Fox Sports reached a new agreement that made Fox Sports the year-round television home for NYRA races from Saratoga and Belmont, featuring more than 600 hours of horse racing. [11] In 2019, the NYRA and Fox debuted America's Day at the Races, which has become their flagship horse racing show. [12]
In 2021, NYRA renamed the race in honor of thoroughbred trainer Jonathan E. Sheppard. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1990, Sheppard has won the New York Turf Writers Cup fifteen times between 1979 and 2019. Sheppard announced his retirement from the sport in January 2021 after a 56-year career. [1]
The nation said a proper farewell to former President Jimmy Carter during his funeral service in Washington D.C. on Thursday.. President Joe Biden, who declared Thursday a national day of mourning ...
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) is the not-for-profit corporation that operates the three largest thoroughbred horse racing tracks in the state of New York, United States: Aqueduct Racetrack in South Ozone Park, Queens; Belmont Park in Elmont; and Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs. Racing at NYRA tracks is year-round ...